TRAUMA COUNSELING FOR WOMEN IN ILLINOIS, WASHINGTON, & FLORIDA
Trauma
therapy for women
“Trauma comes back as a reaction not a memory.” Bessel van der Kolk
Our brains are wired for connection, but trauma rewires them for protection. That's why healthy relationships can be challenging for people who have experienced trauma.
Sometimes we experience challenging circumstances that change our belief in ourselves and the world around us. Everyone has these experiences, but there are times when we can get stuck.
Our response to trauma is a normal biological event. However, sometimes that information isn't processed in our brains, and we still respond in ways designed to get us out of life-threatening situations, even when we are safe.
While the trauma is not forgotten or dismissed, it can be re-processed in a way that allows us to move through life without re-experiencing the painful reality of that trauma repeatedly in overwhelming ways.
Trauma causes a breakdown in the brain's communication with itself and the body. This can often lead to distrust within ourselves, our emotions, and our perception of reality.
Trauma treatment aims to help you move past the point where the brain reacts as if it's still in danger. Trauma therapy can help change the neurological linkage in the brain.
Maybe it feels disheartening to learn that trauma changes the brain, but what is so encouraging is that healing ALSO changes the brain.
I will be honest here. We don't just get over or move on from our trauma, but we can learn to make space for it and learn to carry it differently. We can learn to thrive despite the trauma we endured and not let it define us.
Trauma Therapy will help you:
Be empowered with knowledge of how your body is responding to the trauma you've experienced.
Re-process the event safely to promote healing and integration of the neural pathways in the brain.
To feel heard, seen, and cared for in a way that promotes self-confidence.
Regain a feeling of safety.